Garment-supporter



No. 620,938. Patented Mar. I4, I899. M. E. LAWRENCE.

GARMENT SUPPUBTER.

(Application filed Aug. 25, 1897.)

(No Model.)

A TTOHNE).

'NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARY E. LAWRENCE, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

GARM ENT-SUPPO RTER.

V SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 620,938, dated March 14, 1899.

Application filed 'August 25, 1897. Serial No. 649,647. (No'modelo To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY E. LAWRENCE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment- Supporters; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make an use the same.

My invention is of a garment-supporter, an article of manufacture which belongs to that class which are used to fasten the lower part of a garment, as a skirt or pair of pantaloons, to the upper part thereof, as a shirt-waist, corset, or shirt; and the objects of my invention are to simplify and cheapen the construction and manufacture, reduce the liability of wear on the garments thereby connected, to produce a garment-supporter which automatically operates when the extremities of that part of the garment to which it is attached are secured around the body of the wearer, and to dispense with a belt in connection therewith.

Reference is hereby made to the accompanyin g drawings,in which throughout the same letters refer to similar parts, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of the garment-supporter detached from the garment; I

Fig. 2, a side view of the supporter shown in perspective by Fig. 1.

I prefer to make this article of one piece of thin stiff metal or other suitable material, as shown in the drawings.

This garment-supporter is designed to be attached to the inner surface of the band of the skirt or other garment desired to be supported and is attached to the band of the skirt or other garment desired to be supported by placing the supporter against the inside of the band and then pushing it downward, that portion bearing the prongs b passing down on the outside of the band and being the only part visible when in operation. When in this position, the part bearing the prongs b may be pressed toward the main body of the supporter, thereby forcing the prongs b into the band of the skirt or other garment, and when in operation the prongs b assist the prongs b in preventing the supporter from slipping upward, while the prongs b engage the upper garment. They are so bent that the serration or V-shaped prongs are projected slightly forward and point downward and toward the main body of the wearer,so that when the ends of the garment are secured in place the serrations or prongs will enterinto that portion of the garment with which they come in contact, and thereby prevent the lower part, to which it is attached, from slipping downward and the upper part, into which the serrations or prongs enter, from slipping upward. I

The advantages of this supporter over others now in use are numerous. cally outof sight when in operation, no belt is required nor necessary in connection with it, it readily conforms itself to the shape of the body of the wearer, and being fastened to the garment there is little liability of its loss.

skirt-supporter having a serrated edge to support the skirt and holes by means of which it is attached to a corset has been in use'and is patented; but its peculiar shape, having a horizontal portion between the serration and the portion attached to the corset, renders it clearly impracticable.

I am also aware that serrated edges have been used in connection with belts; but one of the objects of my invention is to dispense with a belt.

The secure manner in which I attach this supporter to the garment, together with the novel shape in which I bend it, secures the best possible results with the least wear upon the material of the supported garment.

As hereinafter referred to, the inner surface of the supporter is that part which is nearest to the body of the wearer while in use, the outer being the opposite or side most distant therefrom, the lower edge the one nearest which are the projecting prongs b and the upper edges the one directly opposite therefrom. I

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desireto secure by Letters Patcut, is v The herein described garment supporter consisting of one piece of sheet metal or other suitable material and having a narrow strip along its upper edge bent on a line parallel It is practi- I am aware that prior to my invention a to said upper edge and in such a manner that prongs b projecting upward from its inner 1c the plane of said narrow strip is parallel to surface, all substantially as, and for the purthe plane of the main body of the supporter, the said strip having a row of prongs 1) projecting from its inner surface in an upward direction toward the supporter, the main body of said supporter having one row of prongs 1) near its upper edge projecting downward from its outer surface and another row of poses set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

MARY E. LAWRENCE.

Witnesses:

CHAS. R. LAWRENCE, FREDK. M. PEAsLEY. 

